Phil Falcone’s Harbinger Capital Partners LLC has filed suit against makers of GPS devices and industry groups, claiming they negotiated in bad faith over spectrum conflicts that drove a wireless company backed by the hedge fund into bankruptcy.

The suit against Deere & Co., Garmin International Inc., Trimble Navigation Ltd., The U.S. GPS Industry Council and The Coalition to Save Our GPS asks for $1.9 billion in damages allegedly suffered by Harbinger.

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